Conservative winning elections good for Business, Experts say David Cameroon led Conservative winning UK election 2015 better for Business, Business poll shows conservative winning 2015
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Conservative winning elections good for Business, Experts say David Cameroon led Conservative winning UK election 2015 better for Business, Business poll shows conservative winning 2015
LONDON, Feb 17 - British company executives would overwhelmingly prefer Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives to win a national election on May 7, according to a poll published on Tuesday.
The Ipsos MORI "Captains of Industry" poll of more than 100 executive board-level directors and chairmen found 77 percent believed a majority Conservative government would be best for their business. Just 7 percent favoured the opposition Labour party forming a majority government.
Labour is either narrowly ahead of or level with the Conservatives in most opinion polls of voting intentions, but is ranked a long way behind on economic competence.
Plans to bring in tougher regulation in sectors such as energy have prompted the Conservatives to portray Labour as anti-business. Labour denies that charge, warning Conservative plans to hold a referendum on Britain's EU membership if re-elected are damaging for business.
Only 12 percent of the executives from Britain's top 500 industrial companies and top 100 financial companies, who were interviewed between September and December last year, believed the election would produce a majority government.